Empire Tower Wins Prestigious 2010 International Architecture Award | Aedas | News & Events | 21/7/2010 | 21/7/2010

Aedas is proud to announce that Empire Tower has captured the International Architecture Award of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. Designed by Andrew Bromberg, International Design Director/Executive Director, the 60-storey luxury residential development located in Abu Dhabi is expected to be completed in 2012.

Empire Tower was challenged through a client request of not “pushing the limits” too far. The concern is that the residential project was located in the middle of a masterplan filled with potential icons. The design standardizes the units to accommodate the client request but manipulates the section to develop a very dynamic solution, which holds its own amidst the visual clutter of its neighbors. This was deemed important for the financial viability of this project that is dependent on pre-sales within a very competitive market.

The International Architecture Awards are bestowed to the world's most important new buildings, landscape architecture, and urban planning selected this year by a jury of Mexican Architects under the auspices of the Colegio de Arquitectos de la Cuidad de México, Sociedad de Arquitectos Méxicanos. Organized annually by The Chicago Athenaeum and The Urban Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, the competition drew hundreds of submissions from over 45 countries around the world.